the stories that shaped this week x. accused pillaging alleged chemical weapons use argy brings us clues that first hand accounts of what's happening on the ground of the libyan town of bani walid comes under attack from government calls. to give back against a social massacre of tens of thousands a hit to the streets of spain and italy furious at the government's austerity programs people say they're destroying their lives. and the you with presidential race enters its final week with both romney and obama in their kitchen that in the final polls while of third party candidates media blackout to offer the country fresh take on american politics.

you're watching the weekly with me. the apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians humanitarian crisis stranded refugees and more deaths the reality for the libyan town of bani walid this week the residents they are calling for international help as all me and pro-government militias continue to shell the former gadhafi stronghold archies policia has been gathering eyewitnesses accounts from the besieged town you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets looting houses

bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately if you want if you almost of. people are so concerned for the safety of their families they don't want to be identified. why it was chaotic shiling they fired at harbors and shelters indiscriminately more than two thousand families have fled seven families are without at the moment yes they were fled to the valley but they were following a talk even there now families who died in the shelling children died too they fired by women and children straight to the head it started with the order for the army to use all means necessary to rid the former gadhafi stronghold of all his supporters there were accused of kidnappings and murdering a former militia man credited with capturing the libyan leader last year i would nurses and doctors on the scene say people are being fired at with gas pulled the shells r.t. sources report seeing militia trying to hide and remove the bodies of those killed

by chemical weapons and i can confirm that these militias used internationally prohibited weapons they used phosphorous bombs nerve gas we have documented all these in videos recorded the missiles they used on the white phosphorus raining down from these missiles many people died without being wounded or shot they died as a result of gases the red cross is to me it's more than twenty five thousand people have so far been made homeless with fiji's who in the confusion of the past few days tried to return home after the army announced the city had fallen and they're now stranded on the desert highway in fear and panic look at this. this good this gun and this be able to know this thing now why you don't know one week now this libyan go outside and know what they were doing when i was leaving when i think when when one of the government. i saw explosions and rockets about our heads i saw the dad. but the general national council denies the killings

despite the evidence to the contrary where the government for third. place where i would go as high that of course there will be. small mistakes but the whole big. thing is being better for. we are taking care of all the family and it's not only the libyan authorities that are in denial western governments and mainstream media have also chosen to be silent prompting the charge of double standards to be leveled at them let's think back to carry twenty eleven we couldn't because when the u.k. or us or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. we were hearing about what was going to be a humanitarian disaster. the killing lots of people and today the situation leverage much worse you got a humanitarian catastrophe taking place we've got massacres going on at the moment and. that's complete silence here the chaotic scenes of

a throwback to the long running rivalry between wizards of bani walid and misrata a city khadafi laid siege to they also show the weakness of the new government's authority of a former rebel militias which always had the chance but essentially do what they like. power so it's a leech is a message to all of them across libya wherever they are whoever you are and however strong you are and whoever your backers are the revolution should win it's a years and some evolution came to this oil rich country but little seems to have changed for ordinary libyans many of the crimes gadhafi was accused of are now being laid at the foot of the general national council a reminder that for many the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter policia r.t. beirut. meanwhile the u.n. security council has rejected a russian draft statement condemning the violence in bunny would lead and calling for a peaceful resolution to the siege the proposal was blocked by the u.s. which took part in the bombing campaign last year to protect civilians from

violence from the then the gadhafi and his marina but ny reports from new york. you don't nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the death and destruction taking place in libya was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council press statement drafted by russia calling for the resolution of violence in bani walid which has been under siege for weeks the u.s. delegation cited a further need for consultations meanwhile the russian ambassador to the u.n. churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. would block a press statement condemning the use of force in dealing with libya's political problems just one month after i deadly attack in benghazi claimed the lives of four diplomats ambassador churkin said it is difficult in this case to explain the u.s. delegations actions in

a rational terms now russia has dropped her statement called on the libyan authorities to take urgent steps to resolve the conflict by peaceful means and to preserve the rights of all libyan citizens that also expressed concern about the significant escalation of violence in and around the city of money will leave. how do you will be following the violence. and will keep you up to date with developments in and around the besieged town. and you went broke a truce in syria has crumbled amid further bombings and clashes across the country at least five were killed and many more injured when a car bomb exploded near a playground in the capital damascus says the violence modest ceasefire that was meant to coincide with celebrations in the muslim holiday of lead some rebel groups especially the radical al nusra front rejected the truce outright a position that al qaeda supported in the recent video posted online and the al

qaeda leader urged muslims to join the rebellion in syria international affairs analyst left was us us t. says of the troops plan it was doomed to fail. the government is for don't see in syria is formed. there including the united states with this year it's turkey itself although many of the countries like the u.k. france germany is providing the libyan support so they really prefer we know that they're providing token jordan that's will they don't want real feats they want to remove the government of syria from power of president bush or the side of the baath party did. they be able they were able to read that they got the momentum they got the support from the outside world and they say that they're not going to abide by the states or it's because they they haven't been pressured by the outside powers the back them perhaps they have even been told not to support this use for.

drones drama reaches the skies over the united states america. popular politician offer his life to question him over his opposition to washington's deadly strike in the country the story is still to come this hour. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of spain and italy to protest against austerity measures the ministrations turned violent in the northern italian town of river delgado police used tear gas and taunts to disperse angry crowds but as our g.'s our first reports the struggle in public is still determined to get its message heard by those in power. getting back at a stair it's a people all over a year at the continuing to fight against this in measures that invite in deeper and deeper into the public and private purpose of many usa nations clashes with police break out in the north of italy of thousands marched against the government

in the capital reign in what was dubbed anti monte de similar things we witnessed in the trades west bank has turned on the us to rally against never ending government cuts but we feel like we are now under a percentage by our government that they are doing this that we are no we don't agree with them and we are telling them on the diamond but they don't listen as they are stars here and a spread across year thousands of people have taken to the street and it's not just in madrid for in greece to italy big you're using countries and small this is the year a crisis that doesn't discriminate affecting people of all ages and from all walks of life. here in spain the unemployment figures now top a whopping twenty five percent this is a younger generation that's been hit the hardest united stats for the country you see the half the sixteen to twenty four year olds in the house of work everything

using presumed on employment poverty. the ferns. in people here police offices. dividing the protesters from the governments that more and more like growing to live with that of g.t. you'll find many of them joining the marches lower enforcement a feeling the pinch the need amongst many protesters is greg craig dean had many times before and still they tell us nothing seems to change. it is actually not to cut their spending but to invest more in the economy to invest in growth to make sure that there are jobs and the only way it will. get out of this is to grow not just cut your way out of that so one of the main arguments of the people here is that is if you actually listen to the people who are not too good for the initial interest from abroad you would come up with a lot more sensible a lot more rational response to this person a dogmatic insistence on austerity has seen successive governments across the

isolated from their electorate and amongst the euro members themselves divisions a widening spain's witnessing fis independently catalonia in the basque country those demanding freedom and electing separatist politicians meanwhile greece is fighting in upsurge of radical nationalist sentiment that's leading to the growth of far right and fascist groups scenes like these make it hard to believe that earlier this month the e.u. was awarded the nobel peace prize bringing stability and unity to the previously want to own continent some protesters are calling it a social muska with a massive euro wide strike planned for later this month it seems as long as things continue as they are there will be no peace here so r.t. the. police in greece have arrested a journalist who published

a list of the country's political and business elite since bank accounts whistle blowing fuses athens of are failing to go after those dodging taxes and imposing punishing spending cuts on the struggling population professor of economics c n n. politicians are reluctant to investigate because their own involvement in the case . investigative reporting greece has been arrested for effectively selling the public interest but the vast majority gives a good population fear the good politicians use. to expose the network of corruption which in wars. politicians and businessmen additions. is up pointing moralizing fingers at that we can members of the big society saying oh you have not been a good x. you've been vaccinated this is why i don't will stage to now go to do this coming

out of their tax regime and about the fact that tax evasion is a game played very skillfully that it should end as it has been happening for the last thirty or forty years now live to be really keen to be idle in the face of such a list. ukraine is choosing a new parliament in an election that could bring about a few surprises like the polls in the present day everybody says a party has taken the lead but it really didn't want to call it seemed government to hold on to power because one i think you will bring us the details on that something. i never thought i could earn a living this way. sure of is alarm or should just small arms or does not i was to show. a lot of the source talent of all the weapons shots fired over the past

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this is archie good to have you with us in ukraine polling stations have closed and parliamentary elections that looks set to test the country's leadership the opposition has pledged to impeach the president if they win enough seats while the race to form a coalition could yet decide the outcome as the polls of laws suggest the ruling party of regions is ahead in the vote but has no overall majority artie's alessio chefs he has the details from. of the ruling party may have won this election in terms of the number of votes they've gained they won in the first place according to most of the exit polls but the combined votes combined seats of the opposition parties may eventually bring them the majority in the new ukrainian parliament and this could in fact spell big trouble for president bush because the

opposition has been saying all along that one of its first decisions should gain a majority in the new parliament would be to impeach the president now the biggest intrigue which remains still is whether the party of the former heavyweight champion boxing champion of the world. will be willing to join the opposition in the new coalition within the parliament because so far this court has been saying that he will not form the coalition with the ruling party but still he hasn't officially confirmed that he will be willing to make a new alliance of parties within the parliament with the opposition parties the exit poll results are based only on the proportional seats on the parties which were voted for him during this election but things may change when they count the votes for independent candidates which were also running and they will make up in fact half of the parliament clearly the main talk will take place after the official results of the central action commission come out and we are expecting it to happen somewhere in the next two three days this will not happen on monday because there are about twenty million of votes to be counted so we are certainly

waiting for all the figures and numbers to be updated from the central action commission and we will bring all the latest details and all the latest results as we get them to the us now with just seven days before the presidential election obama and romney are still tied in the polls last week the neither candidate was able to steal away after the final face off to discuss america's foreign policy but some diversity was brought to the race by third aponte debates which offered a different slant on the key issues are to you as one of the very few media outlets taking any notice is some of the highlights. the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial we are on the road toward to him and that's not an exaggeration the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt we need

to retrench rather than trying to be the policeman of the world we need to put an end to the use of drones and actually lead not to lead this development of a new arms race but then an international treaty and the convention to permanently banned the use of drones we're printing and borrowing money to the tune of forty three cents out of every dollar we spend. dollars is bearing down on us and as governor johnson say are we could well be right germany after world war i. the third party presidential candidate. for the third and final time in a week and it will brought to you exclusively by our team while in the fallout from the final debate between obama and romney both came in for criticism as it emerged they have policies of being a striking resemblance to one another on top of that almost cia officer ray

mcgovern says some issues were just ignored. well obama should be able to say that our ambassadors are going to be killed or other representatives are going to be murdered unless we change our policy towards the world that's policy be defined by the need for oil and the need to protect what are perceived to be the interests of israel plus we change those policies we will never succeed in being able to protect our our embassies and our other diplomatic establishment about afghanistan probably we're smart it's a it's a fool's errand we've got to get out of there we were wrong we've got to bring our troops right back now why can't he say that or why is it not likely if it is say that because no politician in the united states can afford the slightest risk of seeming soft on things that are described as the war on terrorism it's that simple . our coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on and on by introducing

a fresh perspective on the race so doing this monday we'll be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth stay with our team for the. what lies ahead for you will the movements mobilize calls for a new america who stands for the going to nine percent who is election day please go. to the twenty ninth on our team. of all pakistani cricket star turned politician has been interrogated by u.s. officials imran khan was pulled off a plane and questioned about his campaign too and american drone strikes in pakistan he demanded an apology following the incident involved to continue his campaign and as archie's a readout on the school reports nothing is likely to change washington stance on its controversial program. killing the civilians of one country in the name of security of another the united states has been doing just that for over eighteen

years and pakistan. there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again federally administered tribal areas burned bright red on the map that's where u.s. drone attacks have been killing thousands of people claiming the majority of them are militant extremists a study led by scholars from new york and stanford university's found that only around two percent of the total number of deaths were militants among the remaining several thousand victims of drone attacks hundred seventy five were children the fact of the matter remains the us has been carrying out military operations in a country that it is not at war with and the international community says almost nothing about actions which are illegal by international standard the rest of the options either stop. the talks. which.

joint think the. worst. part was. that in the day islamabad and washington were all smiles each seeking to benefit from cooperation centered on dealing with the persistent problem though there was a cool off in their relationship in the one nine hundred seventy s. when pakistan began working on its nuclear bomb the values were renewed in the wake of the two thousand one world trade center bombing and the ensuing war on terror presently however there seems to be no love lost in this match and on strife and. counterproductive but. good and on the phone one strikes. again focus on solving the. it's not just the buzzing of the drones however that threatens pakistan's integrity but was great as one of the greatest feats of the fight against terrorism . this as a nation of islam of bin laden was a military operation carried out in secret and without knowledge of the pakistani

authorities. then came the killing of twenty four pakistani soldiers in the u.s. led air strike forcing islamabad to close down the nato supply routes for seven months it was reopened only after an official apology from the u.s. secretary of state but with pakistan itself calls to cut off cooperation or submission as many see it to the u.s. get louder with every passing week pakistanis believe the united states may be giving a lot of money to their government but it is at the same time taking away the country's sovereignty and killing its people in islamabad. r.t. . in just a few minutes coming up in a story on the aboriginals out in australia coming up in our documentary stay with us.

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